AutoKinship

AutoKinship automatically predicts family trees based on the amount of DNA your matches share with you and each other. Note that AutoKinship does not require any known genealogical trees from your DNA matches. Instead, AutoKinship looks at the predicted relationships between your DNA matches, and calculates many different paths you could all be related to each other. The trees from our analysis are ranked and represent the most likely trees out of all the possibilities we calculated.

The AutoKinship tool is available for 23andme profiles as well as a standalone tool. Using the standalone tool, users can fill in shared match information from DNA testing companies that provide the shared cM information between shared matches. Currently, only MyHeritage, 23andme and GEDmatch provide this information.

AutoKinship works for persons with an unknown parentage to their birth families (for instance adoptees or donor conceived persons).

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AutoKinship for 23andme profiles

AutoCluster first organizes your DNA matches into shared match clusters that likely represent branches of your family. Everyone in a cluster will likely be on the same ancestral line, although the MRCA between any of the matches and between you and any match may vary. The generational level of the clusters may vary as well. One may be your paternal grandmother's branch, another may be your paternal grandfather's father's branch. Next, AutoKinship reconstructs and compares many different trees.

Overlapping segment that are found in the members of a cluster are also reported in the AutoKinship chart, allowing users to quickly identify which segment(s) are linked to a particular tree.

AutoKinship for 23andme profiles

AutoCluster first organizes your DNA matches into shared match clusters that likely represent branches of your family. Everyone in a cluster will likely be on the same ancestral line, although the MRCA between any of the matches and between you and any match may vary. The generational level of the clusters may vary as well. One may be your paternal grandmother’s branch, another may be your paternal grandfather’s father’s branch. Next, AutoKinship reconstructs and compares many different trees.

Overlapping segment that are found in the members of a cluster are also reported in the AutoKinship chart, allowing users to quickly identify which segment(s) are linked to a particular tree.

AutoKinship for MyHeritage/GEDmatch

Using the standalone tool tool, users can fill in shared match information from DNA testing companies that provide the shared cM information between shared matches. Currently, only MyHeritage, 23andme and GEDmatch provide this information.

Click here for an example output of the standalone tool.

AutoKinship for MyHeritage/GEDmatch

Using the standalone tool tool, users can fill in shared match information from DNA testing companies that provide the shared cM information between shared matches. Currently, only MyHeritage, 23andme and GEDmatch provide this information.

Click here for an example output of the standalone tool.

AutoKinship probabilities

The probabilities used by AutoKinship are based on simulated data, kindly provided by Brit Nicholson (methodology described here). Brit has provided specific probabilities for MyHeritage, 23andme and GEDmatch data. In addition, it is also possible to use the probabilities from Ancestry as obtained from the WATO tool.

AutoKinship probabilities

The probabilities used by AutoKinship are based on simulated data, kindly provided by Brit Nicholson (methodology described here). Brit has provided specific probabilities for MyHeritage, 23andme and GEDmatch data. In addition, it is also possible to use the probabilities from Ancestry as obtained from the WATO tool.

How to invoke an AutoKinship analysis

The AutoKinship can be invoked in two ways. First, enable the feature for an 23andme AutoCluster. Second, a standalone tool is available to manually enter data from MyHeritage and GEDmatch. A tutorial is available that explains the process of using MyHeritage data for the manual AutoKinship.

How to invoke an AutoKinship analysis

The AutoKinship can be invoked in two ways. First, enable the feature for an 23andme AutoCluster. Second, a standalone tool is available to manually enter data from MyHeritage and GEDmatch. A tutorial is available that explains the process of using MyHeritage data for the manual AutoKinship.

Register now!